When government completely takes over healthcare they start imposing restrictions on receiving healthcare such that you have to be in certain weight ranges to be eligible for surgeries.
I dunno... I’d have agreed with your point as recently as 6 months ago. But with COVID it seems that if you are obese, or have life-style co-morbitities, you actually go to the FRONT of the treatment line. Try getting a vaccination right now if your just under 65 and healthy.
I had a relative on Medicare who had to lose weight to a certain level to obtain a knee replacement.